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So, I've been hard keto dieting (<20g carbs/day) and lost 10.5lbs in 2 weeks. I want to lose a stone so will continue til christmas ideally. I don't want to deny myself 'normal' food at christmas as to me that wouldn't be christmas, I know a lot of people will say you can still low carb at...

I had a health cash plan with ESMI insurance which covered my diabetes, allowing me to see my private eye consultant up to four times per year and recoup 75% of costs. But I found out today that they are no longer providing this product, I think the penny may have dropped that people like me...

I know that some people will say that they are just trying to raise money and if that's the easiest/best way of raising money then they should just do that. But it doesn't sit well with me. I think it risks damaging the reputation of the charity. We are constantly being told that being...

A few on here will know of my retinopathy problems in the past five years, following years of uncontrolled diabetes/diabulimia as a young person (diagnosed at 15), and then two pregnancies on top of background retinopathy in my early 30s. As a result I had two bleeds, one very bad when vessels...

I had my field test today at Specsavers, I just wanted to say how it went to reassure other diabetics going through this. I must say I was very nervous prior to doing the test. To reassure myself, I went and had a field test done privately at a local optician, this meant I could see for myself...

It's the dreaded filling-out-the-renewal-form time. I have heard how draconian the DVLA can be, and although I understand that they have a duty to remove unsafe drivers from the road I don't agree with some aspects of how they do it, for example not having an appeals process for drivers who lose...

My Opthalmologist told me today that they are reducing the recommended number of times pregnant diabetics have their eyes checked during pregnancy. God knows why. Surely it's a completely false economy if that means someone ends up getting a bleed from proliferative retinopathy because they...

Can anyone recommend a low carb porridge/porridge substitute please? Pref <5g carbs/serving. I'd be having it with almond milk light to keep the carbs down. Either one that I can buy, or I could try and make something if there's nothing already out there. Thanks

I just wanted to post up that I've been doing ketogenic low carb (<30g / day) for the past four weeks during which time I have lost 9 lbs, dropped my base insulin from 20u/day to 12u/ day and pretty much completely dropped my novorapid completely. My blood sugars are stable at around 6-8 and...

Well, statistically speaking higher than the general population? Is it because sugar in the blood gets turned into fat in the blood? I am just interested as it must be linked to high sugar somehow, yet traditionally we have been told it is fat in the diet that creates high cholesterol, not...

I've just been diagnosed with Type 2 – what can I eat? In one word... anything. Or how about another? Everything So they are basically saying you can eat anything and everything? And this is Diabetes Uk the country's biggest diabetes charity. I could understand them saying that for T1 who can...

Is anyone else like me? I can have periods of really good control when I am engaged with my diabetes and eat right and test. Then, something can come along such as a holiday, Christmas, a period of stress or being ill, and I make excuses not to test and eat what I like telling myself I'll get...

As someone with a lifelong chronic condition I do feel slightly vulnerable and dependent on the government, so whichever party promises the most support for the NHS (that'll be labour then) will get my vote. Being diabetic really has turned me into a one issue voter. It has opened my eyes to how...

Really disappointed, at 3.4g per slice this was the only bread I could eat. Does anyone know where else I can get it, or do I need to look at baking my own?

I have a hospital consultation pending, I am currently on insulin and metformin but my insulin resistance has definitely increased since having children and putting on weight (apx 3 stone). I have heard there are new drugs that can be taken either in combination with insulin or on their own...

The only time I've ever been able to control both my diabetes and weight simultaneously is when I've been low carbing. I've had periods of controlling my weight but not my diabetes and more recently, my diabetes but not my weight. I'm sick of having to choose between them! I'm now 3 stone...

Hoping some other insulin users are up this late and can help! I just injected 16u NR instead of Lantus. Obviously I'll need to eat something to stave off night time hypos now, but should I take my lantus dose as normal or reduce it? I was about to go to bed, but expect that my blood sugars will...

After going through 2 pregnancies and a weight gain of apx 4 stones :shock: my insulin resistance has gone through the roof. I'm desperate to get it down as I know that it will make losing weight that much harder. Its kind of a vicious circle isn't it - what can I do to get out of it...

Apologies in advance if this post comes across as whining, I'm not in a good place with this at the moment. It's been three years now since I got proliferative retinopathy, I've had 5 lasers on each eye and a vitrectomy on my left eye. During that operation the surgeon tore a hole in my retina...

I'm 36 weeks pregnant and despite being assured throughout my pregnancy that there was absolutely no sign of any new vessels or that my condition was destabilising I had a big bleed in my right eye yesterday. I don't understand how it can come from nowhere after I was told only 2 months ago that...